Plural of merchant
regular plural
The plural of merchant is merchants.
Forms of merchant
| Singular | merchant /ˈmɜːtʃənt/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | merchants /ˈmɝt͡ʃənts/ |
| Countable | countable |
Merchants in a sentence
- I’ve heard merchants still use an abacus for adding things up in China.From the entry abacus
- Merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills.From the entry discount
- Merchants and manufacturers trust their customers annually with goods.From the entry trust
- The merchants are the purveyors of fine selections.From the entry purveyor
- The Tobacco Lords were a group of Scottish merchants and slave traders who in the 18th century made enormous fortunes by trading in tobacco.From the entry lord
Meaning of merchant
- noun A person who traffics in commodities for profit.
- noun The owner or operator of a retail business.
- noun A trading vessel; a merchantman.
Questions about the plural of merchant
- What is the plural of merchant?
- The plural of merchant is merchants.
- Is merchant countable?
- Merchant is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: merchant (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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